Paper boring and slotting machine



Aug. 15, 1944. M. J. GARLICK 1, 56,046

PAPER BORING AND SLOTTING MACHINE Filed July 11, 1938 4. Sheets-Sheet 1 L \m/e.'\'ors Mark d. Gani ck Aug. 15, 1944. M. J. GARLICK EAPER BORING AND SLQTTING MACHiNE Filed July 11, 1958 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 lnvenTovs Gar ick A 1944- M. J. GARLICK PAPER BORING AND SLOTTING MACHINE Filed July' 11, 1938 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Aug. 15, 1944.

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Patented Aug. 15, 1944 QU IT D] ST g 2,356,046 v PAPERBORINGAND sLo'rTINGMACrnN arks. Garlicli, than, 111., assignor to] The Challenge Machinery Company, Grand Haven,

Claims. 01. 164-86) Thisinventionrelates to a paper: drilling and slottingmachine, for the simultaneous drilling of holes through paper and with the slitting or slotting of the paper outward from the holes drilled to an adjacent edgethereof, saidslots 5 thereby produced being of different forms,and which are produced intheirdifferent forms "by I means of different interchangeable cuttersgo'r by a. rearranging -and changing the position of-the cutting blades whereby substantially any of thewell-known an'd'accepted types of slots ornotches cut in'the edges of the paper maybe produced. There has heretofore been issued'a patent having No. 2,029,624, relatin'gto an attachment-"for paper drilling machines by means oi which=slots* having parallel sides-may be producedleading frdmthe holes which have been drilled to the- In our inventionwhere the paper is to be drilled and slotted, the operation of drilling andslotting takes place simultaneously.

without the necessity generally of performing one 1 operation after the other as 'in' the above patent.

It'is a primary object andpurpose of the' pres: v

m; invention to provide a very practical and useful means for, obtaining the simultaneous,

drilling and slotting-of the paper" which can be attached to drilling machines of the character.

shown, f r example n said patent toiwhich' ref: erence is made, or used" with the structure shown mine United statsjratefit No. 2413311,, issued Sep ember 26,1939'QA further obi'ecto ham e non i gw m m a mac n t ims mas er it a rract c and se vi b i m a s fo emev n th l mal Pi9 of l r' i l -m ag e ts hen.anrlslo thereof i rm et i t immed te u o th and thereby preventing any interference with the Operations o h m n An understanding of the nvention and the eonstruction which embodies thesame may be had. from the following description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, .inwhich; Fig-1 isa partial vertical section and side, ele-1 vation of the machine equipped with our inven;

tion, the/section being from front to rear ofthe;

machine :andsubstantiallyon the planeuof line. of Fig. 2,1ooking1in the direction indicated: by-the arrows.- I. 1 l U Fig.2 is a fragmentary vertical section substantially at right angles to that shown inFigtl. L.

T'Figw3 is a fragmentary .planvi'ew of .the tableand the back and end gau'gesj 'of the machine: L5 Fig. 4 is a somewhat-enlargedfragmentary ic'al section at the front fcentral portion of Fig. .6 is a somewhat enlarged perspective view of one of the slot cutting attachments whichmay be used with the machine.

@ E 7 i n .u de Pl Vi w ifiti 3 Fig; 8 is asimilar underplan viewshowing the cutters adjusted to adifierentposition with repect toeach other: v

. 9gis a perspective view are slitting cutter.

Figs. 10 and 11 are underplan views showing said slittin Cutters with the cutter knives in different positions.

1 Fig. 12 is an underplan view of a still further form of cutter for cutting whatis known as the Kalamazoo notch or slot in paper.

Fig. 13 1s a central vertical section therethrough. n l

V Fig. 14 is a fragmentary plan showing the drilling holeand commun cating-slot cut in the paper.

with the cutters in th position as shown in Fig. '7.

%-Fig. 15 is a similar view with the cutters adjusted,asinFig.8.,.,

Fig. 16 is asimilar view. showing the hole drilled and a slot to onesideof the diameter of such holehand as-produced with a slitting attachment aswshown in Fig.

oneside. 'l I 1 n Fig. 1'? isa view similarto Fig. 16 wherein the slothas been completed by asecond slit spaced from andparallel to the first one,.that is, with thegcutter adjusted'to the;opposite side, the two positions of the :cuttersbeing shown in Figs. 10

andl'l, and

Fig.v 18 is ,a fragmentary plan of an edge portion of apapercsheet witha Kalamazoo notch such as is produced by the cutter shown in Fig. 12.

Likereference characters refer to like parts in thedifferent figures of the drawings.

. Theqpaper drilling machine .with whichthis invention is concerned is similar in many respects to structure shown..infth'e previously recited patents. ,1 @Allower supporting and covered housing I has aboveit an immediate table support 2 on which a'horizontal .table 3 is mounted, it having a recess in which a wooden plug 4 is inserted to come directly below the lowerends of the" drill and the slottingicutters. Thesheetsofpaper, in a pack=5 of-superimposedisheets, are located upon theiupper side of the table twith the edge portio'ns thereof which are to be catedover the block l.-

9, with the cutter adjusted to drilledand cut lo- A head 6 for carrying the drill, cutters and the motor for driving the drill is adjustably supported on two spaced apart vertical posts I which are normally lifted to an upper position by compression springs 8. Such posts I may be pulled in a downward direction by a foot pedal 9 through a link connection.ate-l-fl -wherebye.on downward pressure upon theipe'dal 9 the post land the drill and cutters carried thereby will be moved in a downward direction. For purposes of illustration, the simple foot pedal method of moving inserted at its upper end in said opening, extends;

the drill and cutters in a downward direct-ion are shown, but it is to be understood that the power operated means shown in theUnited StatesQPatent No. 2,173,817, issued September 26, 1939;; for

and cutting of the slots occurs. present invention is concerned, any means, whether a, power means or one which is operated directly by the weigh of the" operator on -afoot pedal-"such as-"that indicated at fl may' be used, it being requisite only that a sufficient forcebe provided for the dril l and cutter knives to pass through the paper pack. I 1

As in the previous paten nd applications re ferred to, the drill is bran-electric me er ll carried at one end-- of-"the he'ad '6 which, through an interposed endless belt vertical drill spindle I3 at the lower-end of wh-ioh (Fig. 4) is a drill receiving chuckn; The 11 1- low p'aper drill l 5, suchas "sho'wn in United States Patent N01 2314 l ,7 1'2g-has ash-ank' atitsupper end adapted to be received in said chuck- H. ---'I'he usual'sp'ring aetuate r-eresserroot1-6 iial l' ied by 35 vertically 'recip'rocable reds l1 "and--yieldingly moved in a downward direct-ion by 'coi-led springs l8, the rods'bein'g -mounted for up and down movement on a fixture I!) located at the forward portion of the'head is used the s'a r'ne asbefor e, to exert a press 'e'ue n-thepaek e to hold thepaper sheets while" the drilling and dutting operas: tions are being performed; and permit t he drill and cutters to move downwardly--wh'le tlie'pres's'er footl6 stays in a fixed position against the 'uppermost-sheetof'the'paper pack. I 'Ihe pack 5. of paper sheets is'locate'dalt-it'sinner orrear edge against a backgaug'e cons'ist- -ing of two aligned sections (Fig. 3), the -a'dja cent ends-of which arespa'ced 'a short distance apart and, through right angle. positioned brack ets 21,- connect with a short central sectional located a distance backof th'e sections 20 of the drives a is moving the drill in a downward direction will preferably be used when simultaneous drilling Insofar as the through. the's'upport 2 and at its lower end passes: through the upper side of the housing I, communicatingwitlra; fan housing 21., the upper emfi vport-ion of;whichis enlarged and has an electric: motor 28therein on the shaft of which is a suetion fan- 29: This is'for the purpose of drawing the paper which is severed from the sheets of paper when the slots are cut through a suctiom draft of air'which moves downwardly through the. tube 25 and-is expelled together. with the paper parts carriedin the current of air-at the end of thehousing 2].

A supporting. casting anxryigs and 4) is bolted, to .the,.-unders ide-of the. headfi at thefront end of which the fixture. t9; previously described is ad-- justably supported. -A t thefront portion and; at,

the under, side 0f thev supporting casting, a. block "31 is adju stably mounted having a circular opening 32 therethrough, larger in diameter-than. the diameter of the. chuck 14 the drill l5 extending tl' rough saidopening. [The block 31' has slotted wings 33 at its-side through'which set,

V V {threading upwardly into the cast ing-3B and ,permittin'gja range of forward and back'adjustment. The. block f3' I has vertical guide gauge. There isgther'efdre left back of the' re'ar i edges of the pack 5 an opening or space -2"3,--a's shown in Fig. 3i An'- end-'gaugeiM -Whichinay be adjusted to different 's el'e'cted positions' on the back gauge through the use of'thedifferent length rods. 25, comes againstione ofithe edgs ofthe pack 5. It isnot-nnecessary-to 'describe-thisend gauge and the methodofoper'a'tion in detail as it is fully disclosedtiniPatent-No. 1 ,928,383,- issued: September 26, 1933; Itiis-enoughto say thatthe.

pack 5 of paper sheets is held in proper position with reference to-theedrill byen'gaging against the backgaugeriat itsfir'earedgeand at the end. gaugeat one side edge-, and-thatith'e sheetvpack" mayebe moved to idifierent'positions' with'i respect: to the, back gauge throughithexdiiferenti selected positions with respect .to the back .gaugewthr'ough; the different selected positionsgwhich; may bet-set for end-gaugev 24gtas fully' descr'ibed in said Patent; No. 1,928,383.v The open space'atlzza isvirnme'diar ately back of the wood block {and rthecdriili-ands cutters as hereafter described are moved downslots 351mg. "5 at its ear side, in which the uppenends of several interchangeable cutter a'ssemblies may be a'dj'ust'ably guidedji'n a vertical" ug-mi The cutter assembly includes a s'upportiinglbody 36', Vertically slotted betweenits'edges'fat 3l',."a3nd through which setscrews38' pas's a'nd'thread'into 'the 'bl'ock 31, guide iibS' 39' extendingthrough guidegroove s 35a'sshownin Fig.5. f

The lowerend 'portionfof the block 36 is mined" centrallyto'make an opening orrecess having annul'airly positioned sides; "one "at the inner side of each oi the' integral projections 40' at the lower end 'porti'on 'of 'the' said block 36. 'In the open space lprovidedya'nd indicated at 41 cuttersha-ve ing' bodies 42 are adapted to be positioned and clamped in place againstthe-inclined side's offthe' parts I '48 -throughopeningsiinthe-bodies of the cutter and tl'iroug l i' shiins "and 44-.- Inoneposition, as shown inFigs. 6- and '7, said"shi rn s'fl' and 44 are at opposite-sidesof the bodies 42 or? the cutters. Inanother position, tnat shownin.

against the inner sidesofthe partsJU-and both,- shims andf ll are at the-"outer side's thereof. The immediate: cutter portions-'45"sharpened "at. their lower edges extendafor wardly-frorn the supporting member: 38, 'Comiug'in closeiproxiniity-at' their front edges to-the d'rill. I 51 (F.igs '.1',.'7 and 8')- The-distance between the cuttefsa'nd drill. is very small and may be in the order of .001inch:$0. that the. s'lotcut by the 'cutter substantially joins; the

hole cut'byithe drill. .ASShOWIL'iI'itFiQfaI; .the lower cutting edges of thepartsifi-slie inisubstantially the same-horizontal; plane with ;the lower end of, thehollowpapendrillli .4 g

.Itdsevident t ai ith'thed nw d vve ll of the posts 1 and the accompanyin downward s w 3 a t e sam ri s 9,120 en r h gr ing oo s at35- The ow r t on o theme nr ber-3fia is vertically slotted for the reception of cu t d .havin a p t t g immed ate cutter tion swimh m .9- r s-1. the cutter is shown at one side of the slot with the shims 50, between itand the opposite side. In Fig. 11 the cutter is shown at said opposite side with the two shims at the other side thereof. With the downward movement of the drill and the accompanyin cutter, the lower edge portion of the section 49 being sharpened, a hole 46 will be drilled and a slit made in the paper as shown in Fig. 16. Such slit is to one side of a diameter of the hole 46 which parallels said slit. In a second operation the drill will be removed and the cutter alone operated, whereupon a second slit will be cut through the paper spaced from but parallel to the first slit 5|, thereby leaving a slot 52 having parallel sides as shown in Fig. 17. If "the cutter is located between the two shims 50,

a single centrally located slit may be made,

A third form of cutter assembly may be used with the machine for cutting what is known as the Kalamazoo slots or recesses in the edges of the paper at spaced apart points. This includes a supporting body 36b, similarly slotted at 31 for the attachment by means of the set screws 38 and having a cutter 53, of the shape best shown in Fig. 12, connected with the supporting body and i with its lower edges sharpened and of a shape to make a substantially rectangular slot or recess 54 (Fig. 18) when the cutter is moved down to pass through the sheets of the pack 5. In this case the drill will not be used. The lower portion of the body 361) is recessed and a curved member 55 secured in the upper portion thereof, as shown at Fig. 13, the front edge of w ch comes to the rear inner cutting edge of the cutter 53, said member 55 serving as a deflecting member for the paper parts which are cut from the sheets and acting to move the same automatically in a rearward direction and direct them into the descending current of air passing through the tube 26 and thence to and through the fan housing 21.

A horizontal plate 55 is mounted for a sliding movement upon a guideway 51 in the upper part of the supporting casting 2 at one position, as shown in Fig. 2, passing through a side of and across the tube 26. When in such position across the tube an insurance is had against the passage oi any articles downwardly through the tube to the fan 29, such as tools or the like which may be around the machine when used in various adjustments of the machine or in interchangin the slotting assemblies. A vertical leg 58 is integral with and extends downwardly from the slide support 51 at the lower end of which an arm 59 is pivotally mounted and extends upwardly (Fig. 1),

59a at its upper end to pass carrying a roller I the plate 55 whereby when the through a slot in arm swings about its pivot the slide is moved arm- .Gl .on; which a relativelyheavy weight 62 or the iormbest shown nFig. 2 pivotallymounted, as;at 53.; .;The,weight 62 is .vertical1 y, slotted with a slot 54. t-Alrod 65 connected withone oitheposts I extendsghorizontally'intmtheslot 64 at it end. the-;upward movement of thepost 1, under the, influence of; the springs 8,; rod 65 engaging againstgthe weightl62' at .theupper-end of slot ,64 liftstheweight to theposition shown in Fig. 2,, turning, the,arm,.5.9 in .a clockwise direction and thereby .moving. the plate 56;: into; and across the tube-26 -to=the position shown in ,Figp2. .On the downward movement of the, post! when the-drill and:,cutters,are-; moved, towardthe sheet pack 5, rod 6.5 5 moves downwardly. and the weight 62 follows it, so that by the time. the. drill and jcutters havegreached the uppermost sheet of paperin the pack 5, the plate 55 has been moved so as to clear the tube 26. The tube is then open for the downward passage of the pieces of paper which are cut from the sheets of paper when the slotting takes place. But automatically on the return upward movement of the drill to an upper position, the plate 56 is carried across the upper end portion of the tube 25; and it is moved to its outer position to clear the tube only at the times when the drilling and cutting operations take place. This structure is a safeguard and insurance against the dropping of undesired articles through the tube to the rotating fan 29 which, if it occurred, might damage the fan or the motor 28 and which also might be hard to recover. But if anything drops down the tube only to the stop which is made by the plate 56, it is relatively easy to recover the same and without any danger of damage. A further object is to conserve power since the fan is driven more easily when air is prevented from entering the tube.

The construction described has proven very practical and useful. The packs of paper, each pack including a plurality of sheets of paper in superimposed relation, are very quickly and accurately processed and provided with the desired shape or configuration of slot therein, most of which include an inner portion of circular form made by the drill, with lateral slots leading from the circular openings to the adjacent edge of the sheets of paper. The various slotting devices consisting of the supports 36, 36a or 361) and the appropriate cutters secured thereto are interchangeable. The adjustment of the supporting block by means of the set screws 34 and the slots through which they pass, permits the accurate adjustment of the cutters to desired positions with reference to the drill.

The invention is defined in the appended claims and is to be considered comprehensive of all forms of structure coming within their scope.

I claim:

1. In a machine for forming notched openings in a stack of sheets and the like, a boring tool, and a slotting tool located closely adjacent said boring tool, said slotting tool comprising a blade angular in cross section and having the work engaging edge thereof sharpened, said sharpened edge being substantially coplanar with the cutting edge of the boring tool, and means for reciprocating said tools together relative to the work.

2. In a machine of the class described, the com- 

